Deploying Virtual Connect Enterprise Manageron Microsoft Cluster Service

Refer to the HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager User Guide and the HP Virtual Connect Enterprise

Manager Support Matrix for details on the hardware and software installation requirements for Virtual

Connect Enterprise Manager.

System infrastructure

Figure 1details how to configure a cluster for enhanced performance once all components are

installed. With this configuration, load is distributed by designating each virtual group to work on a

separate system.

The primary system is for running the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition processor and

handling remote Microsoft SQL Server commands.

The purpose of the secondary system is to run the HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager service and

all the component services it requires.

Storage configuration

Figure 1displays the relationship between Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition instances and

HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager. At least two logical drives must be available in the shared

storage environment if the infrastructure does not have Microsoft SQL Server installed to which you

can attach the HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager database.

• The first shared disk contains the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition data files. For the

examples discussed in this paper, this drive is S:.

• The other shared disk contains the HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager program files. For the

examples discussed in this paper, this drive is V:.

Note: In Cluster Administrator, create a separate cluster resource group for SQL, and another for

HP VCEM. Add the SQL Server shared disk (in this example, S:) as a new disk resource in the cluster

resource group for SQL. Add the HP VCEM shared disk (in this example, V:) as a new disk resource

in the cluster resource group for HP VCEM. However, if you plan to use the script in Appendix A to

create the required HP VCEM cluster resources, neither create the HP VCEM cluster resource group,

nor add the HP VCEM shared disk as a new disk resource to the group, at this time; these steps will

be performed later by the script.

IP addresses

Microsoft Cluster Service requires that each virtual server in a cluster have a unique static IP address.

For the configuration described in this paper, five unique IP addresses are required.

1. MSCS cluster IP address and name

• Function: To act as the virtual server IP address and name for the MSCS software.

• Suggested action: MSCS management tools would use this address to get status and

reconfigure the MSCS software. For the examples discussed in this paper, the IP address is

140.110.240.62.

2. HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 1.0 virtual server IP address and name

• Function: To act as the virtual server IP address and name for HP Virtual Connect Enterprise

Manager event reception. You specify this name and address to connect to HP Virtual Connect

Enterprise Manager through Internet Explorer.